Early Buddhism: A New Approach : the I of the BeholderNew interpretations of the central teachings of early Buddhism, mainly the relationship between identity and perception in early Buddhism. |
Contents
We have no self | 18 |
Chapter Two The Indian Context | 33 |
Chapter Three The Focus on Experience | 50 |
Chapter Four The World of Experience | 88 |
Chapter Five The Experience of Subjectivity | 114 |
Chapter Six The Structure of Experience | 143 |
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Abhidhamma abstract achieve liberation anatta aspects associated body Brahmanical Brahmanical religion Buddha Buddha's teachings cessation chapter characteristics clearly cognitive process conceptual framework consciousness context correlated cycle of lives cyclical dependently originated described Dhamma discussed doctrine dukkha early texts Enlightenment example existence experiencing experiential data experiential world explained fact factors five khandhas focus four great elements Four Noble Truths given Gombrich human experience identified ignorance impermanent indicated individual interpretation involved karma manifold Māra means meditation metaphor metaphysical mind name and form nature needs nirvana Noble Truth notion one's experience oneself ontological operating Pāli passages path perception person pre-Enlightenment questions Rāmānuja Reality rebirth referred relevant religious Richard Gombrich ritual rūpa sacrificial Samyutta saññā sense spacial specific structure subjectivity and objectivity suggest Sutta Sutta Nipāta textual Theravada things understanding understood unsatisfactoriness Upaniṣads vedanā verbal differentiation volitional activities whole world of experience worldview